Dec 23
AGW alone won't revive nuclear energy
Today's The Times reports that Copenhagen's failure leave plans for nuclear power stations high and dry.
2 min read
Paul Seaman
Analyst and PR consultant
Dec 19
BA and its union caught in their own traps
Unite trade union leaders representing BA cabin crew are yelling that being told by the High Court that they can&
3 min read
Dec 13
David Cameron should stop blogging
It's Sunday morning. It's snowing on my side of Zurich lake. All's well with
2 min read
Dec 01
A reality check for nuclear PR
The Nuclear Industry Association has just made a daft case about its future. Here's a bolder, franker reality
5 min read
Nov 29
A gung-ho argument for nuclear power
BBC Newsnight recently claimed that UK government plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations to fill the energy gap by 2020 are hopelessly optimistic. The industry responded by claiming it will be on time and on budget. It's a phoney debate on both sides.
5 min read
Nov 26
Obama doesn't Tweet. Does it matter?
Barack Obama has 2.6 million followers on Twitter and follows around 750, 000, but he recently admitted that he&
2 min read
Nov 12
BM's COO Roman Geiser interviewed
When local boy Roman Geiser, Burson-Marsteller's Swiss CEO, was catapulted into the stratosphere as Chief Operating Officer for
11 min read
Nov 05
PR to marry and lead marketing?
What’s the difference between marketing and PR? That’s a good question, particularly when the likes of Lord Chadlington
4 min read
Nov 04
Ready for the real PR revolution?
I'm captivated by the provocative headlines on Paul Holmes's PR blog. The other day he posted
3 min read
Oct 26
Transparency is the new opaque?
Transparency may or may not be valuable in this or that circumstance. But it is infantile to think that transparency is always and everywhere a Good Thing as a matter of principle.
3 min read
Oct 23
What value has a reputation?
I found a great quote from Warren Buffett on the PR blog of Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross, Weber Shandwick’s Chief
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Oct 18
Why hate Ryanair’s PR? (Part 2)
As a reputation strategist, I find Ryanair fascinating. Judging by the response to my first post here and on Linked-in&
3 min read